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Definition of Matchmaking
1. Noun. Mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others.
Definition of Matchmaking
1. n. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
2. a. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.
Definition of Matchmaking
1. Noun. an attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage ¹
2. Noun. (context: business) a service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners ¹
3. Noun. (video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of matchmake) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matchmaking
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Matchmaking
1. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matchmaking
Literary usage of Matchmaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Civilized America by Thomas Colley Grattan (1859)
"... of Children— matchmaking unusual in America—American Women in Europe—Homesickness—Woman's
Rights' Conventions. THE important position occupied by the ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1896)
"I made my way straight to St. Faith's, for never, never again will I go near that
awful matchmaking place as long as I live. Margaret Ainsworth was very ..."
3. England and the English by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1834)
"... the Great and the Rich—The Love of Display—Anecdote of Lucien Bonaparte—First
blow to Parade given by a Despot—Custom of matchmaking—Marriages for Love ..."
4. Leaves from the Note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill (1907)
"... matchmaking—Lady Beaconsfield—Some anecdotes—Lord Henry Lennox and the Duchess
of Cleveland—Maria, Marchioness of Ailesbury—Frances, Lady Waldegrave. j ..."
5. The Baroness de Bode, 1775-1803 by William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1900)
"... 1794 matchmaking—Vacancies in the Convent—The Misses Clifford— Agreeable
society—M. ... matchmaking ..."
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